Abstract
$\beta$-glucosidase derived from Aspergillus niger was immobilized by (1) covalent linkage on chitin and chitosan with glutaraldehyde, (2) adsorption on DEAE-cellulose and Amberite IRA93 after succinylation, and (3) entrapment on alginate and polyacrylamide gels with various cross linking agents. The retention yield of $\beta$-glucosidase immobilized on chitosan was 31.5% and operational stability was 69% after continuous operation at column reactor(5$0^{\circ}C$ at pH 4.8) for 15 days. The retention yield and operational stability were 24.7% and 60% respectively, in adsorption on Amberite IRA 93. On the other hand, the entrapment method by alginate and polyacrylamide gel was identified to be not appropriate due to the continuous elution of inlmobilized $\beta$-glucosidase. Optimum conditions for the immobilization on chitosan were also studied with optimum pH of 4.8 and glutaraldehyde concentration of 0.4%(w/v). The properties and stability of immobilized $\beta$-glucosidase are also investigted. The conversion yield of cellobiose to glucose was also analyzed using the column type enzyme reactor to evaluate the effectiveness of immobilized enzyme.
Aspergillus niger유래의 $\beta$-glucosidase를 (1)glutarald-ehyde를 가교제로 한 chitin과 chitosan담체에 covalent linkage (2)Amberite IRA93과 DEAE-cellulose담체에 succinylation시킨 후 흡착, 그리고 (3)alginarte, polyacry-lamide를 각종 가교제를 이용 entrapment등의 방법으로 고정화 하였다. Glutaraldehyde를 가교제로써 chitosan을 활성화시킨후 $\beta$-glucosidase를 고정화 시켰을때 효소활성 회수율이 31.5%로 가장 높았고, 또한 column형 반응기에서의 15일 경과 후 효소활성 유지도도 69%로서 가장 우수하였다. 또한 succinylation시킨 효소를 Amberite IRA93 담체에 흡착시켰을 때 효소활성 회수율은 24.7%였고 효소 활성유지도는 62%였다. 반면에 entra-pment 방법에 의한 $\beta$-glucosidase의 고정화는 효소의 계속적인 용출로 $\beta$-glucosidase의 고정화에는 적합하지 않았다. Chitosan담체에서의 고정화 최적조건을 조사한 결과 가교제인 glutaraldehyde의 최적농도는 0.4%였고, glutaraldehyde의 최적 반응 pH는 4.8이었다. 또한 column형 반응기를 이용하여 cellobiose로부터 glucose로의 전환율을 조사하여 고정화 효소의 효용성을 검토하였다.